Woodhaven Boulevard (IND Queens Boulevard Line)

Woodhaven Boulevard
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address	Woodhaven Boulevard & Queens Boulevard Queens, NY 11373
Borough	Queens
Locale	Elmhurst
Coordinates	40°44′00″N 73°52′13″W / 40.73347°N 73.870397°W / 40.73347; -73.870397Coordinates: 40°44′00″N 73°52′13″W / 40.73347°N 73.870397°W / 40.73347; -73.870397
Division	B (IND)
Line	IND Queens Boulevard Line
Services	E  (late nights)       M  (weekdays until 11 p.m.)       R  (all hours except late nights)
Connection	New York City Bus: Q59, Q88 MTA Bus: Q11, Q21, Q29, Q38, Q52, Q53, Q60, QM10, QM11
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4
Other information
Opened	December 31, 1936 (1936-12-31)
Wireless service	[1][2]
Former/other names	Woodhaven Boulevard – Slattery Plaza Woodhaven Boulevard – Queens Mall
Traffic
Passengers (2014)	7,125,205[3]  0.4%
Rank	59 out of 421
Station succession
Next north	63rd Drive – Rego Park: E  M  R
Next south	Grand Avenue – Newtown: E  M  R
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops in station at all times Stops all times except late nights Stops late nights only Stops late nights and weekdays only Stops late nights and weekends only Stops weekends and weekend late nights Stops weekdays and weekday late nights Stops weekdays only Stops weekends only Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times except weekdays in the peak direction Stops daily except rush hours in the peak direction Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Station is closed (Details about time periods)

Woodhaven Boulevard is a local station on the IND Queens Boulevard Line of the New York City Subway. Located in the Elmhurst neighborhood of Queens, it is served by the R train at all times except nights, when the E train takes over service. The M train provides additional service here on weekdays except nights. The station serves the adjacent Queens Center Mall, as well as numerous bus lines.

Description

Built as a local station, the station was constructed with bellmouth provisions to allow conversion into an express station. A close observation of both ends of this station reveals that the tunnel wall extends outward to allow space for the two side platforms to be replaced with island platforms, with the local tracks taking the side platforms' place. The station would have accommodated a major system expansion, with additional service coming from the Roosevelt Avenue Terminal station and the former LIRR Rockaway Line.

The station was renovated in the 1990s, but retained the now out of date "Woodhaven Blvd – Slattery Plaza" name tablets. Slattery Plaza was the old name of the area where four main Queens thoroughfares (Eliot Avenue and Horace Harding, Woodhaven, and Queens Boulevards) intersected. The construction of the Long Island Expressway along the Horace Harding corridor caused Slattery Plaza to be demolished.

View of the platform on board a train

Queens Center Mall first opened in 1972, but the name convention on subway maps was not in use until the late 1980s. There is no direct indoor access to the Mall's entrance across 59th Avenue from the full length mezzanine. This mezzanine allows crossover from any of the station's four staircases from each platform (total of eight staircases). The full time side at the west end of the mezzanine has three street stairs. One leads to north side of Queens Boulevard and 59th Avenue, the closest to the mall. The other two staircases are through a long passageway to the south side of Queens Boulevard and both sides of Woodhaven Boulevard and act as a cross-pedestrian underpass outside of fare control. The part time side at Horace Harding Blvd has a former booth and one street stair. After the construction of the Long Island Expressway in the mid-1950s, the station entrance at street level appears to be "orphaned," out of character with the rest of the area, since there is nothing for 100 feet (30 metres) in either direction and it abuts an expressway exit ramp. This exit still has a directional mosaic pointing to it, listing the exit as 60th Avenue and 92nd Street on the north side of Queens Boulevard. Construction of the Long Island Expressway removed this intersection.

The 1996 artwork here is called In Memory of The Lost Battalion by Pablo Tauler. It uses nine support beams in the station's mezzanine to create different materials, including stainless steel, to honor the soldiers who served in the 77th Infantry Division during World War I.

Station layout

G	Street Level	Exit/ Entrance
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent
P Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Southbound local	← toward Middle Village – Metropolitan Avenue weekdays (Grand Avenue – Newtown) ← toward Bay Ridge – 95th Street (Grand Avenue – Newtown) ← toward World Trade Center late nights (Grand Avenue – Newtown)
	Southbound express	← do not stop here
	Northbound express	→ do not stop here →
	Northbound local	→ ( weekdays) toward Forest Hills – 71st Avenue (63rd Drive – Rego Park) → → toward Jamaica Center late nights (63rd Drive – Rego Park) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

Bus service

A Glendale-bound Q29 bus stopping at Hoffman Drive.

Q53 Limited Bus via Woodhaven and Cross Bay Boulevards.

The station and the nearby Queens Center Mall are served by nine local MTA Regional Bus Operations routes and two express bus routes. Three of the four Woodhaven Boulevard bus lines (Q11, Q21, Q52 Limited) terminate at the station, with the Q53 Limited bus continuing westward towards the Woodside - 61st Street Station. Except for the Q88, Rego Park-bound Q59, Jamaica-bound Q60, and Corona-bound Q38, all northbound buses stop at the mall entrance, while all southbound buses as well as the QM10 and QM11 express buses stop at Hoffman Drive adjacent to Hoffman Park. The Q88 terminates at 92nd Street, in between the two halves of the mall.^[4]

References

External links

• nycsubway.org—IND Queens Boulevard Line: Woodhaven Boulevard/Queens Mall
• Station Reporter — R Train
• Station Reporter — M Train
• MTA's Arts For Transit — Woodhaven Boulevard (IND Queens Boulevard Line)
• The Subway Nut — Woodhaven Boulevard Pictures
• Woodhaven Boulevard entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Horace Harding Boulevard (Long Island Expressway) entrance from Google Maps Street View